NASA Looks To Shuttle For Early Orion Spacesuit

HOUSTON — NASA is borrowing a page from its shuttle past as the agency works largely in-house at Johnson Space Center to develop a multipurpose spacesuit for the astronauts assigned to its early piloted Orion missions. The Modified Advanced Crew Escape Suit (MACES) is based on the distinctive orange...

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